subject: Bowling For Fun And Fitness [print this page] For people seeking a casual sport that offers physical benefit while also providing a social time with friends, there are many great option available. In this casual setting, there is usually less time invested in physical conditioning and more time involved in enjoying the sport.
Bowling is a good option to pick, due to its convenience and overall availability for groups of people to go have fun with. It is also a fairly simplistic game that is easy to pick up and difficult to master, ensuring that there will always be a challenge available for those that seek it.
Bowling is played by having a player roll a weighted ball down a narrow lane into a group of ten upright pins. Points are awarded bases on how many pins are knocked down and how many tries it took to do so.
Players are given two tries every set to knock down these pins, and are allowed ten sets to try to get the most points out of it that they can. Extra points are awarded for knocking down all of the pins in a couple of tries, as well as being awarded for knocking down all of the pins in one shot (called a strike).
This effort is hindered by having gutters built into the narrow lane on the outside of the track, forcing players to roll their ball in a straight line down a fairly confined alley of space in order to score points. Getting the ball into these gutters causes no points to be awarded to the player, and uses up one of their tries in the set.
Bowling is a very social game that is almost always played in groups. There are also many competitive levels that in can be played at.
For example, most people play with a small group in a casual setting, purely for fun. However, there are leagues and teams that stress competition and a team effort, often requiring a great deal of practice and play time from the participants involved.
The majority of players are there for the social experience, however, so it important that this aspect of the sport is stressed. Bowling caters to the casual player, which is its primary demographic.
People who participate in the sport are creating commonality with other people and having fun with them, meaning that bonding is enhanced and the people are much more likely to return to the activity. After all, if the experience is a pleasant one, then people are much more likely to want to return in the future and participate again.
Bowling is not purely an activity for fun, however. There is a definite physical aspect that is present, which can passively benefit those who participate in the sport.
In order to heft the ball and throw it with enough force to knock down all of the pins, users are required to have a certain degree of proportional strength in order to see results. Repeated returns to the activity are likely to yield positive results in this area, since the balls are heavy and require an explosive burst of force to propel them.
It is also possible to build endurance levels with regular return to the sport, since it will cause the body to adapt and strengthen the cardiovascular system. The natural response that the body has to stressful stimuli will ensure that physical strength is increased as well to better prepare for the next set of stresses and strain.
Bowling requires timing and technique, both of which can be passively learned by trial and error over the course of several games. Most participants will be fairly inaccurate and questionable skilled in their first few outings.
However, with practice the body and the muscle memory needed to perform a successful action will be sufficiently trained. This will help slowly build up and condition the individual until they are able to find skill and success to draw upon for future endeavors.
Bowling is a great way to improve fitness levels while having fun. It is an easy, accessible activity that is enjoyable for any people of any skill level, and continues to be fun while the individual goes on to faster technique and timing involved in becoming great at the sport.
